Russian Phonetic Keyboard

Would you like to type in Russian without learning a new keyboard layout? Now you can! We have the phonetic Russian Keyboard for Windows 7/Vista/XP to help you type in Russian if you know the English keyboard layout. When you will hit the english letter a corresponding russian letter will be typed. For example, when you hit L it will type Л, when J it will type Ж, when i it will type И, W=Ш. Here's what the keyboard layout looks like:

Please notice where some keys are located as Russian alphabet has 33 letters as opposed to the English 26. Give it a try, it helps many to start typing in Russian without having to learn a new keyboard layout.

If you have a MAC simply select Russian Phonetic from the list of keyboards as MACs come pre-installed with it.

To get started with Russian phonetic keyboard please follow these steps:

1. Download the keyboard, it will be a zip file.
2. Unzip the file and double click click the SETUP.EXE file to start installation.
3. After installation click on Start > Control Panel > Region and Language > select Keyboards and Languages tab and click on Change Keyboards button.
4. Click ADD > go down to RUSSIAN > put check mark only next to Russian Phonetic and click OK
5. You will now have two keyboards in the keyboards list, the one you had before (probably English US) and now also the Russian phonetic, click OK to close the window.
   
   
6. You will now have a language bar (it can either float or be docked in your task menu) that will allow you to change between English and Russian as input languages when you type. Click on the language in the bar to switch between them.
   
   
   
7. For further help and information please see Windows help file on Keyboard and Language/Regional Settings.